Rain, early bus ride and some sore legs were the deciding factors to hangout this morning in Aquas Calientes instead of heading up to hike Machu Picchu mountain.
The team will pack up and take a 3:30 train back to Cusco. This will be our final dispatch of what has been an incredible trek through beautiful mountains, culminating in a nice day at Machu Picchu!
Thanks for following along.
RMI Guide Mike King
Planes trains and automobiles, well almost anyway. We traveled all day and have finally arrived in one of the most beautiful cities of Europe--St. Petersburg, Russia. Things went relatively smooth except for the one bag that wasn't able to join us here in St. Petersburg. Hopefully it'll find its way to us tomorrow.
We got checked into the hotel here and then ran out for dinner at this little eccentric place that serves up the most delicious meals. The service was a little slow, but very much worth the wait. After dinner we took a quick stroll around and then made our way home.
Everyone is very excited to explore and see this city in the daylight.
RMI Guide Casey Grom and crew
May 15, 2016 - 9:39 pm
Greetings from base camp,
This morning we were not greeted with the sunny cloudless skies, but a low cloud ceiling. The precipitation fell as snow but behaved like rain once on the ground. That did not stop us from fortifying camp with snow walls which the team dispatched of quickly. It's a fast hard working crew we have here. A few folks ran some crevasse rescue drills in the fog while the rest of the team did some training around camp. Tomorrow we plan to explore the southeast fork and try to climb something while getting some real field immersion training. Rain or shine we will be getting some real Alaskan expedition training in. That's a goodnight from us here in midnight sun country.
RMI Guides Leon Davis, Mike King & Megan Budge
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 10:00 p.m. PDT
Our team had another productive day today, climbing up to 13,700 feet with a cache of supplies. It was great to be engaging some steeper terrain with crampons and ice axe. The constant 15 - 25 mile an hour wind (in our face as we ascended) increased the challenge.
With a six hour round trip, we were back in camp in time to re-hydrate and rest before dinner.
We are entertaining the notion of moving camp to 14,200 feet if we have good weather tomorrow. But, likely, we'll remain here at 11,000' as there is a high wind warning and near-blizzard conditions expected tonight and tomorrow. We'll keep you posted.
RMI Guide Mike Walter and team
Thursday, January 21, 2016
We are all enjoying our day off today. After getting some well deserved sleep most of the team spent the day drinking coffee, eating various types of mole sauce, and taking in the beautiful sights of this historic city.
Tonight we will gather for dinner and discuss the logistics for our departure to Tlachichuca tomorrow morning. The forecast looks great, and we are all excited about our next mountain...El Pico de Orizaba!
RMI Guides Solveig Waterfall, Billy Haas, and the team
The Mt. Elbrus team had an amazing day hiking on Peak Cheget. It was sunny all day...don't take our word for it...check out the video!!!
RMI Guide JJ Justman
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Kautz led by RMI Guide Andy Bond worked their way through the Kautz Ice Chute early this morning to reach the summit of Mt. Rainier. The team was 100% to the summit! Andy reported warm weather climbing conditions and a tricky route. The team will camp and train one more night on the mountain before descending to Paradise.
Congratulations team!
This morning the Five-Day Mt. Rainier Summit Climb, led by RMI Guide Jenny Konway, reached the summit. The team spent two nights on the mountain in spectacular clear skies before they began their ascent. Presently they are on their descent back to Camp Muir and then will continue on to Paradise.
RMI Guide Elias deAndres Martos and team reached the summit of Mt. Shuksan today. This is the first of several climbing objectives for the team. They will be spending the next few days climbing in the North Cascades.
Congratulations to today's team!
The Expedition Skills Seminar - Emmons team, led by Pete Van Deventer, is currently on the Mt. Rainier summit! After a 5-1/2 hour ascent from Camp Schurman to the top, the team is basking in the sun and enjoying their time taking in the views. They will begin their descent back to Camp Schurman shortly. We look forward to congratulating them tomorrow when the team will descend off the mountain and make their way back to Rainier Basecamp.
Josh hope your staying warm and enjoying your summit climb . Love you and thinking of you. Hope you didn’t get any altitude issues! Dad Mom and Caleb and Bailey.
Posted by: Sandy Calcanis on 7/12/2017 at 5:18 pm
Happy to hear the weather permitted the team to summit safely! Thinking about and missing my husband Kyle who is climbing with his buddy Pete. So proud of you guys and thankful for the awareness it drives to Summit4Angelman. Can’t wait to reunite the family on Thursday in Phoenix! Love, Shawna, Madden, Declan & Conrad
Looks like you are doing well. Hope the wind and snow didn’t hinder the climb. Alls well here. Stay warm.
Love from all your family.
Lori.
Posted by: Lori pesta on 5/11/2016 at 1:39 pm
Great to hear everyone is doing well. Hoping the wind doesn’t effect your carries and you keep on schedule.
Stay safe, hydrate lots and eat plenty.
Good luck everyone especially the Saffers a long way from home, Adelle and Rogan.
Posted by: Mark on 5/11/2016 at 1:01 pm
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